A study for the application of prospective approaches for safety assessment in new radiotherapy techniques
Contributo in Atti di convegno
Data di Pubblicazione:
2010
Citazione:
A study for the application of prospective approaches for safety assessment in new radiotherapy techniques / M.C. Cantone, F. Cattani, M. Ciocca, S. Molinelli, G. Pedroli, I. Veronese, V. Vitolo, R. Orecchia - In: Third European IRPA congress : 14–18 June 2010
Helsinki, Finland : proceedings[s.l] : IRPA, 2010. - ISBN 978-952-478-551-8. - pp. 308-316 (( Intervento presentato al 3. convegno European IRPA congress tenutosi a Helsinki (Finland) nel 2010.
Abstract:
Modern and advanced planning and delivery technologies and techniques, recently
introduced in radiation therapy for improving the treatment outcome, call for new
challenges in terms of radiological protection of the patient and risk management of
potential accidental exposure. The increased complexity related to these technological
and process changes, places indeed new demands on quality assurance programmes and
new attitudes and approaches of safety culture. In particular, prospective techniques for
risk assessment in modern radiotherapy practices are recommended. A research project
aimed to study these aspects and to sensitize the Italian scientific community in the use
of prospective approaches has been recently launched by a working group of the Italian
Association for Medical Physics (AIFM). In the first phase of the project intraoperative
radiation therapy (IORT) practices carried out with mobile electron linear accelerators
are considered. Process flow diagrams describing the activities, the instruments and the
adopted procedures are properly developed in view of the identification of possible
failure modes and the assessment and management of the associated risk. The methods and the analyses performed during this first phase are presented in this work. In a
second phase, similar approaches will be considered and applyed for the risk
assessment in other modern radiation therapy techniques, including hadrontherapy.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Elenco autori:
M.C. Cantone, F. Cattani, M. Ciocca, S. Molinelli, G. Pedroli, I. Veronese, V. Vitolo, R. Orecchia
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Titolo del libro:
Third European IRPA congress : 14–18 June 2010
Helsinki, Finland : proceedings
Helsinki, Finland : proceedings